Hacker News with Generative AI: Web Design

Making Space for a Handmade Web (figma.com)
There’s a resurgence of small, handcrafted sites challenging the current trajectory of the internet. Joining the movement is as simple as making your own.

Web Design, Web Development, Design Trends

17 points by handfuloflight 3 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: Who else is tired of these web things? (ycombinator.com)
The web has become borderline intolerable, and these things are among the reasons why. I've developed a "zero tolerance" habit. If a website throws up a surprise popup, I just immediately close the page and never go back. The only way to win is not to play.

Web Design, User Experience, Internet

16 points by mring33621 7 days ago | 17 comments

I wrote a static web page and accidentally started a community (2023) (localfirstweb.dev)
The flap of a butterfly’s wings on one continent, so the story goes, can cause a tornado a year later in another. Here’s my story of how something like that can happen on the web too.

Web Development, Community Building, User Experience, Web Design

225 points by mooreds 9 days ago | 132 comments

UbuWeb – Founded 1996 (ubu.com)
A year ago, we decided to shutter UbuWeb. Not really shutter it, per se, but instead to consider it complete.

Web Design, Art, History, Archive

7 points by XzetaU8 14 days ago | 2 comments

Patterns for Personal Web Sites (2003) (rdrop.com)
These patterns for creating personal Web sites have been distilled over the last few years from the most interesting personal Web sites I've found. For more information on these patterns, please read the introduction.

Web Design, Personal Websites, Web Development

120 points by matthberg 18 days ago | 17 comments

Marginalia – A search engine that prioritizes non-commercial content (marginalia-search.com)
This is the new design and home of Marginalia Search.

Search Engines, Non-Commercial Content, Web Design

578 points by herbertl 25 days ago | 73 comments

Build for the Web, Build on the Web, Build with the Web (csswizardry.com)
If you’re going to build for the web, build on the web and build with the web.

Web Development, Front-End Development, Web Design

6 points by keepit 26 days ago | 1 comments

Webring (xxiivv.com)
This webring is an attempt to inspire artists & developers to build their websites and share traffic amongst each other. The ring welcomes hand-crafted wikis and portfolios.

Web Development, Community, Art, Web Design

32 points by iamwil 30 days ago | 10 comments

The importance of favicons in website OSINT research (osintme.com)
Favicons on websites are graphic elements that show up in the form of a small icon – be it in a browser tab panel next to the website’s name, or in bookmarked links to websites.

Website OSINT, Favicons, Security, Web Design

85 points by osintme 31 days ago | 24 comments

Ask HN: Will HN ever have a dark mode? (ycombinator.com)
It's one of those sites that I frequently visit and get a glaring screen in my face when switching tabs. Just wanted to know if this feature is ever going to be available. I mean it's 2025!

User Experience, Web Design, Hacker News

13 points by anthropodie 39 days ago | 27 comments

Lines of code that beat A/B testing (2012) (stevehanov.ca)
A/B testing is used far too often, for something that performs so badly. It is defective by design: Segment users into two groups. Show the A group the old, tried and true stuff. Show the B group the new whiz-bang design with the bigger buttons and slightly different copy. After a while, take a look at the stats and figure out which group presses the button more often. Sounds good, right? The problem is staring you in the face.

A/B Testing, Web Design, User Experience

379 points by Kerrick 42 days ago | 174 comments

Show HN: Instantly Generate Example Pages (exampl.page)
Instantly generate example pages. Just visit anything.exampl.page

Web Development, Tools, Productivity, Web Design

8 points by resonious 44 days ago | 6 comments

Triptych Proposals (alexanderpetros.com)
Three small proposals for putting the "hyper" back in hypertext.

Web Design, Hypertext, User Interfaces

250 points by felipemesquita 45 days ago | 79 comments

Stimulation Clicker (neal.fun)

Stimulation, Interactive, Games, Web Design

3082 points by meetpateltech 45 days ago | 589 comments

Silk – Interactive Generative Art (2011) (weavesilk.com)
To save, right click the thumbnail and choose Save Image As....

Generative Art, Interactive Art, Art, Web Design, Software

85 points by bluemars 63 days ago | 26 comments

You need 4 colors (iamsajid.com)
You need 4 colors

Design, Color Theory, Web Design, Aesthetics

180 points by s4i 72 days ago | 133 comments

Square Zero: hide silly messages in decorative borders (danwilkerson.com)
I decided to include an Easter Egg in our New Years greeting this year1. If you managed to decipher it, you'd be treated to a retro mini-game based on the card. Can you spot it?

Easter Eggs, Design, Web Design, Hidden Messages

41 points by danwilkerson 78 days ago | 13 comments

A Collection of Kaleidoscope Schemes, Sourced from the WayBack Machine. (hryjksn.com)
A collection of Kaleidoscope Schemes, sourced from the WayBack Machine.

Web Design, Programming, Color Schemes, Web Archives

29 points by bookofjoe 86 days ago | 10 comments

My new POWER Indigo 2 (thejpster.org.uk)
On Mastodon, I recently came across a post by Kestral, with a link to their website:

Computer Hardware, Social Media, Web Design

89 points by ingve 90 days ago | 40 comments

Using date-based CSS to make old web pages *look* old (2023) (shkspr.mobi)
How do you know you're looking at an old website? You may have found a page which has lots of interesting information, but how can you tell it's a modern and relevant result?

Web Design, CSS, User Experience, Retro Design, Web Development

37 points by OuterVale 91 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: How to check who the black bar is honoring? (ycombinator.com)
I noticed the black bar is up today and I don't see any death posts. Is there an easy way to see who this is honoring? It would be nice to have a feature that on hover said who it was or something of the like.

Web Design, User Interface, Social Media, Community Features

65 points by alstonite 97 days ago | 25 comments

Cool HTML design without JavaScript (waka.moe)
A lot of cool designs can be created with just HTML and CSS.

HTML, CSS, Web Design

8 points by popcalc 98 days ago | 1 comments

JGS ASCII ART gallery (2001) (oldcompcz.github.io)
Please, enjoy my doodles... Be sure to bookmark this page and check back to see what I've made recently. I usually update this site with new ASCII Art around the beginning of the month. As always, I welcome your responses and feedback... Please keep in mind that even though I have posted my ASCII art on this website, the pictures follow internet copyright laws and still remain my property.

ASCII Art, Art, Retro Computing, Web Design

42 points by kristopolous 100 days ago | 4 comments

We Asked the Creator of 'Rotating Sandwiches': Why? (2023) (digg.com)
If you feel like the internet is a lot less fun these days, you're not alone. For many of us, the online experience now consists of algorithm-driven sameness, punctuated by dangerous misinformation and the occasional horrifying image. But amidst all that, there's still Rotating Sandwiches — one of the few remaining sites on the internet that exist purely for fun, silliness or simply no reason at all.

Internet Culture, Humor, Web Design, Creative Projects

3 points by cainxinth 101 days ago | 0 comments

Is there now a generation of users who never worked with files? (hyperknot.com)
MapHub's UI has remained largely consistent since I launched it eight years ago, with a prominent "Save" button visible in the top-right corner of the map. It turns orange when a save is needed.

User Experience, Web Design, Software

56 points by gelstudios 116 days ago | 48 comments

So what is "so '90s" in Web design? (2004) (webmasterworld.com)
So what is "so '90s" in Web design?

Web Design, Trends, Nostalgia, Web Development

5 points by realjame 118 days ago | 0 comments

Don't use "click here" for link text (dont-click-here.com)
Never link the words “click here”. Or “here” or “this”.

Web Design, User Experience, Best Practices

114 points by jonathanberger 120 days ago | 61 comments

Ask HN: Crappy website design seems more trustworthy? (ycombinator.com)
I visited my bank's website and it hit me. For some reason, their crappy website design appears as more trustworthy than other, sleeker designs of modern banks. Why is that?

Web Design, User Experience, Trust, Psychology, Banking

23 points by burglins 122 days ago | 23 comments

Canvases versus Documents (kaiwenwang.com)
Much web design has reflected that of paper documents: finite with clearly defined edges. But by no means is the canvas style recent, as we can see in Space Jam.